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“We don’t own the deforested land, ” says the Pahang Forestry Department after being implicated in a viral social media campaign highlighting the level of environmental degradation happening in Malaysia.
Netizens had recently voiced their concern and disappointment when images of a hillside which had been cleared of trees located next to the Kuantan District Forest Department spread online.
Missing forest isn’t ours, says Pahang Forestry Department
Following this, Pahang Forestry Department Director Datuk Mohd Hizamri Mohd Yassin came to clarify that the deforested land, which he said was around 20 hectares in size, was part of two privately owned lots located outside the Bukit Galing Forest Reserve.